Perhaps this eye-catching vivacity springs from Fernandez's wealth of personal experience. Born and raised in Venezuela, she has studied and worked in Texas, Singapore and Switzerland. Accordingly, there is a universal resonance to the human figures in her works, a sense that the human body intimates lived experience. ﻿﻿﻿

“I am this woman, half green, expressive,

half dark, baffling, unexpected, unknown.Her crown is red because she is brave.She is passionate, hotheaded and she is strong.Gold is around her open eyebecause her observations are valuable,and around her mouth because her words have value,and around her brain, because her thoughts are valuable.

Her dark side is flanked by gold, because she values its mystery.She understand that mystery has its own unfolding,it's own direction, its own gift to bear.Mystery comes loaded with exquisite offerings,unexpected gifts that are cherished..., eventually.

The light green side is also valuable,even when anyone can understand it.Even when it conforms to the culture, the status quo,the fashion of the times, still, it has value.It helps to organize basic, common life,normal things that need to be in place for life to happen wellfor my youngest daughter still at home.At this point I value all those mundane tasksthat ensure her stability and happiness.They are crucial.

As crucial as to be in touch with my darkness, my unknown,which keeps me healthy and alivefrom head to toe to fingertips,to joyful existence, to boundaries, to destruction,to love, to creativity,to sharing, to community;from life to death.” Lorena Fernandez Dec. 8 2017﻿